Egypt – The Egyptian Prime Minister spoke a couple of sudden technical malfunction in a fuel area in one of many neighboring international locations that led to a rise within the variety of hours of energy cuts in Egypt, following the decline in gas provides to producing stations.
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly mentioned that one of many fields from neighboring international locations went out of service, had a technical malfunction, and stopped all of the sudden for 12 hours. “As quickly as that occurred, I used to be notified, and we adopted up on the matter till the sphere returned to manufacturing this morning at full capability.”
The Egyptian “Cairo 24” web site mentioned that the Egyptian Prime Minister’s statements raised questions from many voters in regards to the fuel area that was subjected to a disaster for 12 hours, and which the Prime Minister mentioned was positioned inside one of many neighboring areas with out mentioning his title or mentioning the area or the corporate working the sphere.
The web site hinted that the sphere is an Israeli area following it mentioned that Egypt imports fuel from Israel to satisfy native wants, and liquefies the excess by way of liquefaction crops in ADCO and Damietta to export it to Europe, making Egypt a regional power middle.
Citing media reviews, he mentioned Israel exported regarding 5.8 billion cubic meters to Egypt in 2022, and exports to Egypt have been anticipated to extend earlier than the struggle in Gaza broke out final October.
With the start of the aggression on Gaza final October, Egypt’s imports of Israeli pure fuel declined by regarding 19% to regarding 650 million ft per day of fuel on October 9, as a substitute of 800 million ft, as Chevron acquired directions from Israel to cease the manufacturing of pure fuel in Tamar area as a consequence of struggle.
Egypt’s imports of Israeli fuel recorded document numbers in the course of the first quarter of this yr (2024). Final March, it achieved its highest charge ever.
Egypt’s whole imports of Israeli fuel rose to 2.63 billion cubic meters in the course of the interval from January to the top of March 2024, in comparison with 1.85 billion cubic meters within the comparative quarter of final yr, i.e. an annual enhance of 744 million cubic meters.
In January 2024, Egypt’s imports of Israeli fuel rose to 913 million cubic meters – the second highest charge in historical past – in comparison with 740 million cubic meters within the corresponding month final yr.
Egyptian fuel imports declined, on a month-to-month foundation, throughout February to 785 million cubic metres, however it’s thought of excessive when in comparison with the identical month in 2023, which amounted to 655 million cubic metres.
Imports rose on an annual and month-to-month foundation throughout final March, reaching their highest charge ever at 933 million cubic metres, in comparison with 814 million cubic meters within the comparative month of final yr, in accordance with figures from the Joint Organizations Information Initiative (JODI).
Supply: Cairo 24 + Power
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2024-06-27 18:10:14
